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Cleaning with Dirt
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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.
Kool Colors
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Learners investigate how temperature affects the rate of chemical reactions by observing how steel wool reacts with various types of Kool-Aid solutions at different temperatures.
Wingin' It
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Learners explore the Bernoulli effect by building an airfoil (airplane wing) and making it fly.
Pollution Diffusion
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Learners design their own experiment to investigate how pollution diffuses through ground material.
Bridge the Gap
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Learners work in groups to construct bridges using stale marshmallows and toothpicks.
Designing Bandages
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Learners design different shaped bandages for different purposes. First, they draw their designs on paper.
Draggin' Boats
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Learners design, build, and test models of "dragon boats" made from up to three milk cartons.
Calcium Collage
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In this activity (on pages 11-14 of PDF), learners cut out pictures from magazines of foods that help make bones strong and glue the pictures to a paper bone.
Of Cabbages and Kings
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This lesson gives full instructions for making cabbage juice indicator, a procedure sheet for learners to record observations as they use the indicator to test materials, and extension activities to d
Secret Writing Devices
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In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.
Rhythm Painting
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In this activity, early learners create paintings by making music and rhythm. Learners place paper in cans, add paint-soaked beans (or pebbles) and put the tops on.
Density Rainbow
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In this activity, learners mix several sugar solutions to investigate the property of density. Each sugar solution has a different density and color of the rainbow.
Shaking It!
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In this experiment, learners design and build a model room in a shoebox and furnish it with tiny furniture.